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Kennesaw Mountain is a mountain between Marietta and Kennesaw, Georgia.

Cannon on Kennesaw Mountain in recreated artillery position.

Located at 33°58′34″N, 84°34′47″W, its summit stands at 1808 feet or 551 meters above mean sea level.

Kennesaw Mountain was orginally a home to the mound builders from 900 to 1700 C.E. Their desendants, the Creek, were pushed out of Georgia by the Cherokee tribe, who were then exiled by the United States of America. In 1832, Cobb County, where Kennesaw Mountain is located, was created. It was named after Thomas Welch Cobb, a lawyer, congressman, senator, and judge. Kennesaw Mountain was the site of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in the 1864 Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War, in which the Union forces of General William Tecumseh Sherman launched a bloody frontal attack on the Confederate Army of Tennesee, which was commanded General Joseph E. Johnston. The Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park was created on June 26th, 1935, and was a CCC camp.

Kennesaw Mountain is within Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. The current superintendent of the park is John Cissell.

The mountain is actually two summits, Big Kennesaw, where the modern-day parking area and scenic overviews are located, and Little Kennesaw, where several light hiking trails and nature areas connect the mountains to the rest of the National Battlefield Park.

At the base of the mountain, the park entrance hosts a Visitor Center, museum, and numerous self-guided tour trails that document Union General William Tecumseh Sherman's "March to the Sea" during the Civil War.

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the first commissioner of Major League Baseball, was named after the battle in which his father nearly lost his left leg.

Kennesaw Mountain is also a major stopever location for myriad species of migrating songbirds. A morning walk up and down the trail during spring or fall can produce stunning views of up to 25 species of warblers, including the rare Cerulean Warbler.

• The National Park Service page on Kennesaw Mountain
• A history page on Kennesaw Mountain

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